Automobile firm, GAC Motors tops elite companies that have thrown their weights behind the annual International Pairs Golf Championship organised by Falcon Golf Development Company (FGDC).
According to the CEO of FGDC, Remi Olukoya, the tournament will hold at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 from Friday to Sunday.
Speaking with journalists in Lagos, he said: “The involvement of these corporate outfits shows that the future of golf development in Nigeria is guaranteed.”
Olukoya noted that while Pepsi will refresh golfers throughout the tournament, Iwosan Lagoon Hospital will offer free medical consultation to all participants in the competition.
GAC Motors, the newest entrant to the tournament is offering a special hole-in-one prize.
They are also giving a special discount for the purchase of any of its brands displayed throughout the three-day competition. Gree Airconditioners will be awarding several products as prizes in the 3-day tournament.
Olukoya said FGDC will continue to work for the development of the game of golf in Nigeria through organising quality tournaments – like the World Corporate Golf Challenge, the International Pairs and ‘Catch Them Young’ programme which started last year.
Since its return to the Nigerian Golf Calendar, International Pairs has been played in Uyo, Abuja, and Lagos. Originating in the UK in 1998 as a golf tournament to celebrate the millennium, International Pairs is now firmly established as a major event in the diaries of many golf clubs. Since its inception, more than 1.5 million amateur golfers from over 50 countries have played in the exciting and friendly event.
Winners of the Nigeria national finals would get flight tickets and spend five days in La Calla Golf Resort in Malaga, Spain from November 14-18 for the World finals.